OLIVER SENIOR CENTER SOCIETY
Charitable organizationPublic amenities·BOX 1032 · OLIVER, BC · V0H 1T4·BN 897905691RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
63¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
31%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.8 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$188K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
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Common questions
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Is Oliver Senior Center Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 897905691RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Oliver Senior Center Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is BOX 1032, OLIVER, BC, V0H 1T4. Source.
What does Oliver Senior Center Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "BINGO every Friday year-round KEEP FIT 3 TIMES/WEEK Sept-April LINE DANCING Thursdays 11 months POOL ROOM 6 days/week year-round CARDS 2-3 times/week SOCIAL COFFEE weekly. CARDIO/STRENGTH FITNESS and CHAIR FIT twice weekly Sept - April MUSIC JAM Wednesdays Sept through May SATURDAY DANCE Sept through June. We…" Full program description.
How much of Oliver Senior Center Society's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 63¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Oliver Senior Center Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $188K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
BINGO every Friday year-round KEEP FIT 3 TIMES/WEEK Sept-April LINE DANCING Thursdays 11 months POOL ROOM 6 days/week year-round CARDS 2-3 times/week SOCIAL COFFEE weekly. CARDIO/STRENGTH FITNESS and CHAIR FIT twice weekly Sept - April MUSIC JAM Wednesdays Sept through May SATURDAY DANCE Sept through June. We provided scholarships to two South Okanagan Secondary School Students Financial and food donations supported the Oliver Food Bank Desert Sun Counselling and Resource Centre uses our kitchen library hall and coffee room at less than cost for their 'Therapeutic Activation for … Show more
BINGO every Friday year-round KEEP FIT 3 TIMES/WEEK Sept-April LINE DANCING Thursdays 11 months POOL ROOM 6 days/week year-round CARDS 2-3 times/week SOCIAL COFFEE weekly. CARDIO/STRENGTH FITNESS and CHAIR FIT twice weekly Sept - April MUSIC JAM Wednesdays Sept through May SATURDAY DANCE Sept through June. We provided scholarships to two South Okanagan Secondary School Students Financial and food donations supported the Oliver Food Bank Desert Sun Counselling and Resource Centre uses our kitchen library hall and coffee room at less than cost for their 'Therapeutic Activation for Seniors (TAPS) Program' twice weekly through the summer We support the Oliver Youth Ambassadors Program through volunteer mentorship opportunities and financial donations We are an extreme weather drop-in/cool down/hydration centre during the summer heat. This Senior Centre and all of its regular programs activities administration seasonal and special one-time events are organized and managed 100% by at least 60 volunteers donating a total of approximately 1 000 hours per month. All regular programs are provided at zero or very minimal costs ranging from free to $5 per session to enable financially challenged seniors to keep fit and socialize at minimal costs. Games Day is a weekly board games day year round. Art/Craft workshops such as rock painting tie dying and flower arranging workshops are approximately bi-monthly Sept - May. Art Gallery viewing several days/week in our main hall year-round. Art shows for many local art groups allow free exposure for many youth special needs senior independent and group artists who may not have other opportunities to display their work. Informational Speaker Series - talks on topics such as Fire Smart wildfire preparation Emergency Preparedness Advance Care Planning and Fraud Prevention provide free educational and social get-togethers approximately monthly. We also host several outside user groups offering support and mentoring such as Alzheimer's/Dementia caregivers (monthly) grief support (monthly) and seasonal socials for migrant workers.
New programs
We worked collaboratively with: * Simon Fraser University 'Breathe' project to help seniors and others with breathing issues build free high-filtration home fans to mitigate wildfire smoke pollens and other sources of breathing issues. * Women of Oliver for Women to raise funds for their charitable projects helping women families and seniors in Oliver. * Oliver Tourism Oliver Community Arts Council Oliver Public Library and others to increase senior involvement and participation in many community activities. We fine-tuned and further developed the new programs we started last year.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
63¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 63¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 63¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
31%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
0.8 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$188K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)5%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
13%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
5%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
13%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
82%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $92K | — | — | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $30K | — | — | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $16K | — | — | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $53K | 90¢ | 4% | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $115K | 18¢ | 64% | 3.8 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $188K | 63¢ | 31% | 0.8 yr |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
10 directors reported · 10 of 10at arm's length
- CASSELMAN, ROBERTA1ST VICE PRESIDENTarm's length
- BRYCE, MOIRASECRETARYarm's length
- FORSYTHE, GEORGENADIRECTORarm's length
- HOLT, JOHN DDIRECTORarm's length
- RUSSELL, Julia APresidentarm's length
- BOLGER, SusanDirectorarm's length
- YOUNG, John BDirectorarm's length
- TWEEDIE, JEANNETTTREASURERarm's length
- PALMER, MERTONDIRECTORarm's length
- CROSSLAND, LENADIRECTORarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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